MONTREAL SWIMMING CLUB (1905-1912 ERA)

CLASS OF 2024 - CLUB INDUCTEE

Between 1905 and 1924, the Montreal Swimming Club’s Aquatic Polo Team captured a total of 13 senior men titles, making them one of the most successful Canadian water polo clubs of all time. Their run of eight consecutive senior titles from 1905 to 1912 has never been equaled. The club was the first one to win the Goulden Cup in its inaugural year in 1907. The following year, in 1908, the club won the Olympic Trials, but wasn’t able to compete at the Olympic Games in London due to a lack of funding and a conflict between International and Canadian rules at that time. The Montreal Swimming Club was a philanthropic organization that provided free memberships to boys from the city’s orphanages and other charitable institutions. It was also one of the earliest water polo organizations in the country. The MSC ran its water polo and swimming programs out of an outdoor facility in the St. Lawrence River on Saint Helen’s Island.